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...most Indians go on a mass toot for every festival of the Inca, Christian and national calendars. Bolivia's independence day, last Sunday, which coincides with the fiesta of the Indians' well-beloved Virgin of Copacabana, set off a Class One or seven-day bender. But even on less special occasions, the Indians' consumption of crude corn chicha reaches fabulous proportions...
Last week the Premiers of India and Pakistan were partners in diplomacy for high stakes. After a seven-day conference over communal problems, Jawaharlal Nehru and Liaquat Ali Khan had worked out an agreement which, if it could be made to work, might restore peace to a subcontinent on the verge...
...movie opens with a long shot of the earth whirling in space, and the voice of Creator DeMille himself intoning a speech that begins: "Before the dawn of history, ever since the first man discovered his soul . . ." To meet the challenge of building from there, DeMille brings on a seven-day saturnalia in the fleshpots of Timnath; Delilah Lamarr slinking through ten changes of scanty costumes; Samson Mature strangling a lion with his bare hands, killing 1,000 Philistines with the jawbone of an ass, and pulling the temple down about the ears of the whole company...
...After a seven-day flying trip to Greece, ex-OSS General William J. Donovan announced that the Greek "authorities are handling the case satisfactorily." Some U.S. newsmen, in Greece when George Polk died, were not so sure. Neither was CBS. Three top CBS staffers (Edward R. Murrow, Howard K. Smith and Don Hollenbeck) broadcast a progress report on an independent investigation now being conducted by two CBS legmen...
...home front, Dick Harlow is sticking with the lineup he has used all week. John Fiorentino will start at center after his seven-day conversion from end, and acting captain Nick Rodis will make his first public appearance at left tackle...